Sponsors for Multilingual Terminology Database - Terminology Management System TMS Project



This project is to develop a multilingual Terminology Management System (TMS) to manage the terminology used in the healthcare community of Greater Toronto.

The system is intended to serve a dual purpose: a language tool to assist community interpreters and translators better serve the healthcare community as well as a pedagogical and research tool used in the teaching of language professionals.

Initially the multilingual terminology database will be developed by the students enrolled in the Terminology Management course of the MA Translation Program at York University in partnership with community interpreters from the Healthcare Interpretation Network (HIN). In future years, terminology students and interpreters will populate the database with the terminology of the various aspects of healthcare, beginning with the terminology of the human anatomy.

The development of the database is intended to assist in the delivery of interpretation services in the healthcare sector and to promote a greater understanding between healthcare professionals and patients. The database will be designed so as to include not only the technical healthcare and medical terminology used by professionals but also the corresponding terms used in plain language for the same concept in multiple languages. This common understanding of the terminology will assist multilingual interpreters and translators to better bridge not only the language but also the knowledge barriers between the healthcare professionals and the patient.

As a pedagogical tool the database and the project will be used in the teaching of terminology management and translation and in the research of language and cultural contact.The project will also serve to bridge university research with community needs. Compiling and researching quality terminology is an on-going and expensive activity. In order to make effective and efficient use of this project, we plan to develop a strategy for the re-use and re-purposing of the Terminology Management System.

Silver Sponsors

  • Link of sponsor’s website to the HIN website
  • Supporting Linguistic Diversity
  • Promoting Access to Healthcare

    HIN Members $500
    Non-Members $700

    Gold Sponsors

  • Link of sponsor’s website to the HIN website
  • Supporting Linguistic Diversity
  • Promoting Access to Healthcare
  • Display of company / organization’s logo at the HIN website
  • Recognition of company / organization’s name in documentation related to the database
  • Recognition of company / organization’s name at the HIN AGM Program

    HIN Members $700
    Non-Members $950

    Platinum Sponsors

  • Link of sponsor’s website to the HIN website
  • Supporting Linguistic Diversity
  • Promoting Access to Healthcare
  • Display of company / organization’s logo at the HIN website
  • Recognition of company / organization’s name in documentation related to the database
  • Recognition of company / organization’s name at the HIN AGM Program
  • Display of company / organization’s logo at the HIN AGM Program
  • Literature displayed at HIN Networking meetings and HIN AGM
  • Mention of company / organization’s name as a sponsor at the HIN AGM

    HIN Members $900
    Non-Members $1200

    Sponsorship Form


    For further information, please contact:
    Lisete Figueiredo
    Lola Bendana
    terminology@healthcareinterpretationnetwork.ca